American Youth Hostel, Christopher Gray, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, Milton Glaser, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Tours and Events, Unsung Heroes
The world has many an unsung hero. In 2011, the Upper West Side has eight more. (click below to see the full event program) Artwork by Ron Barrett, illustrator of the world famous “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. The Unsung Heroes of the Upper West...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Watch List, Zoning
As follow up to last Wednesday’s Community Board 7 Land Use hearing about a SECOND extension for Congregation Shearith Israel, the WEST SIDE RAG has a run down of what transpired. Properly noting that “few if any of the 70 participants at the...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Thanks to everyone who packed the room at the July 20, 2016, Community Board 7 meeting! – Please click here to read LW’s full statement in opposition to Congregation Shearith Israel’s (CSI’s) application for special...
Andrew S. Dolkart, Tours and Events, Wish List
Summer Walking Tour with Professor Andrew S. Dolkart! ____________________________________________________________ Featuring the Upper West Side’s newest Landmark & uncharted landmark territory in the West 90’s ...
Andrew S. Dolkart, architect, architectural, architecture, brownstone, Lamb and Rich, Neo Renaissance, New York, New York City, Tours and Events, West End Avenue
On Tuesday, July 12, about 45 friends joined LANDMARK WEST! for a tour of 351 West End Avenue, a beautifully-preserved Lamb and Rich row house dating to the early 1890’s. Andrew Dolkart, professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, led an...
Congregation Shearith Israel, Landmarks at Risk, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
Public Review of Significant Changes to West 70th Street Condo Project Wednesday, July 20, 7:00 pm Community Board 7, 250 West 87th Street (2nd Floor) – Sole agenda item: an application by Congregation Shearith Israel to the NYC Board of...
Carrere and Hastings, Congregation Shearith Israel, Macaulay Honors College
On Wednesday, June 22, about 100 friends took a moment to celebrate all we have accomplished together. The truth is, we don’t do it often enough. Usually, we’re too busy moving swiftly on to the next battle. Because...
CENTRAL dARK, City Council, Intro. 775, preservation, Preservation Under Fire
Landmark Changes in the Dark — Daily News: Opinion, Voice of the People (June 13, 2016) Prof. Jeffrey Kroessler, John Jay College of Criminal Justice LANDMARK WEST! Board Member — On June 8, the City Council passed by a large majority Intro 775-A, a bill...
City Council, Intro. 775, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List
GOVERNMENT IN THE DARK! We can’t make this stuff up. – In a surprise move, City Council fast-tracked its vote on Intro. 775-A, the developer-driven bill to change the NYC Landmarks Law and make it harder than ever to protect the places that matter most...
